Angel Investor Retreat
Invitation-only session held in conjunction with a CED conference that offers networking, deal flow and educational opportunities for active, accredited angel investors in North Carolina and across the Southeast.
Academic and Research
Biotech Conference
NEXT CONFERENCE February 16-17, 2009 at the Convention Center in downtown Raleigh, NC. An annual industry conference where entrepreneurs, investors, and scientists learn about life science industry trends and discover new business and partnership opportunities.
Biotech Forum
An interactive forum where entrepreneurs, and university and corporate scientists and executives discover new and growing life science markets, potential partners, customers and growth opportunities.
CED Information Sessions
Free general session designed to answer questions and inform the public and potential members of CED's services and programs.
Entrepreneurial Excellence Awards
An annual awards festival that recognizes outstanding individuals and companies for their entrepreneurial achievements, and celebrates the sector’s economic impact.
Entrepreneurs Only Workshop&trade
Lunchtime meetings that provide current and potential entrepreneurs with practical and applicable "know-how" on a wide range of start-up issues.
Please note: Entrepreneurs Only Workshops are designed for entrepreneurs in innovation-based industries.
FastTrac® TechVenture™
A ten-session comprehensive training program led by successful entrepreneurial coaches, for entrepreneurs starting, growing or seeking to sustain innovation-based, high impact companies.
Innovators Workshop™
A quarterly workshop in which innovators and prospective entrepreneurs come to a "go/no-go" decision on starting a new business by evaluating the business feasibility of their ideas and the commercial viability of their technologies.
Medtech Conference
March 6, 2008 at Duke University, Fuqua School of Business, Durham, NC. New in 2008, CED's MedTech 2008 will focus on accelerating the growth of the medical device industry in the Southeast.
Medtech Forum
Bi-monthly program on the trends connecting a broad sector of the medical technologies industry, including research, development, and manufacturing firms, suppliers, service companies, hospitals, clinics, and educational institutions.
New Member Orientation
The New Member Orientation addresses CED's history, mission, breakdown of programs and benefits of membership while also providing an opportunity to network with other new members.
TECH Conference
NEXT CONFERENCE October 29-30, 2008 at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, NC An annual industry conference where entrepreneurs, innovators, executives, investors and intermediaries explore the technology sector's latest trends and preview demos of the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions' hottest new technologies.
University Innovation Showcase
CED's University Innovation Showcase, in partnership with NC State University, NC IDEA and the North Carolina Biotechnology Center will connect university innovators with industry leaders. This event will provide 5-8 NC State University researchers the opportunity to showcase their technologies and findings to an audience of investors, entrepreneurs and corporate level executives.
Venture Conference
NEXT CONFERENCE April 22-23, 2009 in Pinehurst, NC. An annual venture conference which showcases the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions' best and most diverse investment opportunities, as well as offers expansive entrepreneurial and investor networking.